Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 A couple of years back there was a Halloween thread and someone posted their way of dealing with candy overload-the good witch. This is not my idea but I have adopted it and modified it and it is great. At the end of the night my now 6 year-old son makes 2 piles (with a lot of help from me...) one pile to keep, the other to give to the 'good witch'. Although I ease up a bit on Halloween I really hate the colours, preservatives, etc so this allows me to get rid of the worst, not to mention the excess. We put the good witch candy in a bag, place it on our back step (front step might be a dangerous place on Halloween night, especially if older kids are still up), and my son walks around it 3 times saying 'Good witch, good witch, I've been a good boy, please take this toxic candy and leave me a toy'. Then he goes off to bed, I stash the candy in the trunk of the car to come to work with me (don't forget it there!) and leave behind a toy (this year it was a craft project). My son really looks forward to the visit from the good witch and I find it helps take the focus off candy. I really appreciated this idea and we have loved using it for the last 2 years so to whomever posted it, THANK YOU! Hope this might work for someone else out there next year. Madeline _______________ Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly with Windows Media Player. Just Click PLAY. http://musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx?cid=SMS_Sept192006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 our dentist buys candy from the kids; I don't remember how much, maybe fifty cents a pound. Madeline White <madeline_killian wrote: A couple of years back there was a Halloween thread and someone posted their way of dealing with candy overload-the good witch. This is not my idea but I have adopted it and modified it and it is great. At the end of the night my now 6 year-old son makes 2 piles (with a lot of help from me...) one pile to keep, the other to give to the 'good witch'. Although I ease up a bit on Halloween I really hate the colours, preservatives, etc so this allows me to get rid of the worst, not to mention the excess. We put the good witch candy in a bag, place it on our back step (front step might be a dangerous place on Halloween night, especially if older kids are still up), and my son walks around it 3 times saying 'Good witch, good witch, I've been a good boy, please take this toxic candy and leave me a toy'. Then he goes off to bed, I stash the candy in the trunk of the car to come to work with me (don't forget it there!) and leave behind a toy (this year it was a craft project). My son really looks forward to the visit from the good witch and I find it helps take the focus off candy. I really appreciated this idea and we have loved using it for the last 2 years so to whomever posted it, THANK YOU! Hope this might work for someone else out there next year. Madeline ________ Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly with Windows Media Player. Just Click PLAY. http://musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx?cid=SMS_Sept192006 Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 I had a similar idea in my VegFamily article... http://www.vegfamily.com/holidays/non-vegan-halloween-candy.htm<http://www.vegfa\ mily.com/holidays/non-vegan-halloween-candy.htm> - Madeline White<madeline_killian < > Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:54 AM Halloween/The Good Witch A couple of years back there was a Halloween thread and someone posted their way of dealing with candy overload-the good witch. This is not my idea but I have adopted it and modified it and it is great. At the end of the night my now 6 year-old son makes 2 piles (with a lot of help from me...) one pile to keep, the other to give to the 'good witch'. Although I ease up a bit on Halloween I really hate the colours, preservatives, etc so this allows me to get rid of the worst, not to mention the excess. We put the good witch candy in a bag, place it on our back step (front step might be a dangerous place on Halloween night, especially if older kids are still up), and my son walks around it 3 times saying 'Good witch, good witch, I've been a good boy, please take this toxic candy and leave me a toy'. Then he goes off to bed, I stash the candy in the trunk of the car to come to work with me (don't forget it there!) and leave behind a toy (this year it was a craft project). My son really looks forward to the visit from the good witch and I find it helps take the focus off candy. I really appreciated this idea and we have loved using it for the last 2 years so to whomever posted it, THANK YOU! Hope this might work for someone else out there next year. Madeline ________ Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly with Windows Media Player. Just Click PLAY. http://musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx?cid=SMS_Sept192006<http:/\ /musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx?cid=SMS_Sept192006> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 We bought most of our daughter's candy off her, at a nickel per piece. She's 3; I figured she'd get a dollar or so out of it, and she could spend it on tokens to play games at the local pizza place, which she *loves*. Turns out our neighborhood is pretty generous with the treats - she kept about a quarter of it and we wound up paying $3 for the rest! (Which, y'know, we ate. Mmmm.) She put a dollar in her charity box and used the rest on tokens. Normally she'd only get one token per visit, so having some money of her own is really impressive to her. We're lucky that she's pretty mellow about candy and doesn't nag about getting it when she knows there's no chance. (We also use the video function on our camera to record her promising not to get upset when we say no later if she wants to have a piece at a time she normally wouldn't. It actually works! Who'd have guessed?) -kt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Wish it wasnt already too late for me to try this with my kids. They are so hooked on candy. Every morning it is the first thing my daughter asks for and when I so no, she says, well how about after school, no, after dinner, no, well how about just one piece after breakfast, no, well for afternoon snack, no.........and around and around it goes. , " Madeline White " <madeline_killian wrote: > > A couple of years back there was a Halloween thread and someone posted their > way of dealing with candy overload-the good witch. This is not my idea but I > have adopted it and modified it and it is great. > > At the end of the night my now 6 year-old son makes 2 piles (with a lot of > help from me...) one pile to keep, the other to give to the 'good witch'. > Although I ease up a bit on Halloween I really hate the colours, > preservatives, etc so this allows me to get rid of the worst, not to mention > the excess. We put the good witch candy in a bag, place it on our back step > (front step might be a dangerous place on Halloween night, especially if > older kids are still up), and my son walks around it 3 times saying 'Good > witch, good witch, I've been a good boy, please take this toxic candy and > leave me a toy'. Then he goes off to bed, I stash the candy in the trunk of > the car to come to work with me (don't forget it there!) and leave behind a > toy (this year it was a craft project). My son really looks forward to the > visit from the good witch and I find it helps take the focus off candy. > > I really appreciated this idea and we have loved using it for the last 2 > years so to whomever posted it, THANK YOU! Hope this might work for someone > else out there next year. > > Madeline > > _______________ > Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly with > Windows Media Player. Just Click PLAY. > http://musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx? cid=SMS_Sept192006 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 We do the halloween witch for the non vegan candy too - it's great. But for the remaining candy, can you do a one piece per day policy til it's gone? Just to get rid of the nagging? You could tell her that she can have one piece per day, anytime after breakfast. So if she wants to use it up first thing after breakfast, then she can, but then she can't bug you anymore all day about it. You can set up your own consequence if she doesn't follow this rule about not asking again if she's already had her one piece for that day. (time in her room, you'll take away one piece of candy - whatever.) My daughter is a big nagger and I usually try to make it clear from the get-go what she's going to get, give her some form of choice and self-control over it (like which piece of candy and what time of day she's going to eat it) and then I give her a consequence if she continues to bug me about it. > > > On Behalf Of smartgirl27us >Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:48 PM > > Re: Halloween/The Good Witch > >Wish it wasnt already too late for me to try this with my kids. >They are so hooked on candy. Every morning it is the first >thing my daughter asks for and when I so no, she says, well >how about after school, no, after dinner, no, well how about >just one piece after breakfast, no, well for afternoon snack, >no.........and around and around it goes. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 <<(We also use the video function on our camera to record her promising not to get upset when we say no later if she wants to have a piece at a time she normally wouldn't. It actually works! Who'd have guessed?)>> Wow! It's not often you hear a truly new idea in parenting. Thanks for that. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 The rule in our house has been one small piece after lunch and one after dinner. This has always worked well. smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 wrote: Wish it wasnt already too late for me to try this with my kids. They are so hooked on candy. Every morning it is the first thing my daughter asks for and when I so no, she says, well how about after school, no, after dinner, no, well how about just one piece after breakfast, no, well for afternoon snack, no.........and around and around it goes. , " Madeline White " <madeline_killian wrote: > > A couple of years back there was a Halloween thread and someone posted their > way of dealing with candy overload-the good witch. This is not my idea but I > have adopted it and modified it and it is great. > > At the end of the night my now 6 year-old son makes 2 piles (with a lot of > help from me...) one pile to keep, the other to give to the 'good witch'. > Although I ease up a bit on Halloween I really hate the colours, > preservatives, etc so this allows me to get rid of the worst, not to mention > the excess. We put the good witch candy in a bag, place it on our back step > (front step might be a dangerous place on Halloween night, especially if > older kids are still up), and my son walks around it 3 times saying 'Good > witch, good witch, I've been a good boy, please take this toxic candy and > leave me a toy'. Then he goes off to bed, I stash the candy in the trunk of > the car to come to work with me (don't forget it there!) and leave behind a > toy (this year it was a craft project). My son really looks forward to the > visit from the good witch and I find it helps take the focus off candy. > > I really appreciated this idea and we have loved using it for the last 2 > years so to whomever posted it, THANK YOU! Hope this might work for someone > else out there next year. > > Madeline > > ________ > Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly with > Windows Media Player. Just Click PLAY. > http://musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx? cid=SMS_Sept192006 > We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Have you tried reward charts to elminate/reduce the nagging? I know that all kids are different, and we discovered early on that our daughter responds best to positives. I think the first time we used reward charts was when she was three; at eleven we still use them occasionally. When she was younger, we would pick three or so pain points (tooth-brushing without complaining, listening the first time, putting dirty clothes in the hamper, etc.); when she had a star every day for each point, she would get a small toy (don't yell at me, but we would go to McD and buy just the toys from happy meals). Now we use a movie or visit to a book store. leena <leena wrote: We do the halloween witch for the non vegan candy too - it's great. But for the remaining candy, can you do a one piece per day policy til it's gone? Just to get rid of the nagging? You could tell her that she can have one piece per day, anytime after breakfast. So if she wants to use it up first thing after breakfast, then she can, but then she can't bug you anymore all day about it. You can set up your own consequence if she doesn't follow this rule about not asking again if she's already had her one piece for that day. (time in her room, you'll take away one piece of candy - whatever.) My daughter is a big nagger and I usually try to make it clear from the get-go what she's going to get, give her some form of choice and self-control over it (like which piece of candy and what time of day she's going to eat it) and then I give her a consequence if she continues to bug me about it. > > > On Behalf Of smartgirl27us >Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:48 PM > > Re: Halloween/The Good Witch > >Wish it wasnt already too late for me to try this with my kids. >They are so hooked on candy. Every morning it is the first >thing my daughter asks for and when I so no, she says, well >how about after school, no, after dinner, no, well how about >just one piece after breakfast, no, well for afternoon snack, >no.........and around and around it goes. > We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 The " Halloween Fairy " visits our house. My 5-year-old twin girls eat a few pieces of candy on Halloween night, and then leave the rest of their candy next to the front door. The Halloween Fairy (a good friend of the Tooth Fairy) takes all of the candy and leaves behind a toy for each of them. Of course my girls figured out that there are plenty of left-over (mom approved) treats that we bought to hand out to trick-or-treaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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